Fermat's Last Theorem
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Fermat's Last Theorem
Simon Singh
10 people recommended it in 7 threads, 2016–2025.
What people on Hacker News said
Goes over FMT's solving history, with many many fun anecdotes, short biographies, etc. Truly enjoyable to read.
He gives the reader an amazing depth of knowledge by gradually building on very simple examples and explanations which still can intrigued someone with deep technical knowledge.
It's not a technical book but gave me my first idea of what mathematicians actually do and how the process works. This book motivated me to major in maths.
Fermat's Last Theorem, about Andrew Wiles long hard journey to prove it.
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